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'The Backward Class' is a 2014 Canadian documentary film directed by Madeleine Grant. The film follows the success of a group of ethnically disadvantaged students near Bangalore, India, in taking high-school graduation exams.[[http://www.chinokino.com/2014/05/2014-hot-docs-audience-awards-winners.html "2014 Hot Docs Audience Awards winners"]. 'CHINO KINO:'.] The film, created by a group of graduates of the University of British Columbia,[[http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/the-backward-class-follows-first-ever-untouchable-grade-12-students-in-india-1.3024159 "The Backward Class follows first ever 'untouchable' Grade 12 students in India"]. 'CBC News', Sharon Lindores, 'CBC News' Apr 10, 2015] premiered at the Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival in May 2014[Hot Docs International Documentary Festival in May, 2014] and won the Audience Favourite award.[[https://www.thestar.com/entertainment/movies/2014/05/05/canadas_the_backward_class_is_hot_docs_audience_favourite.html "Canadas The Backward Class is Hot Docs audience favourite".]| 'Toronto Star', 2014-05-05]
The 91-minute documentary[[http://www.cinemablographer.com/2014/03/hot-docs-announces-festival-line-up.html "Cinemablographer: Hot Docs Announces Festival Line-up"], Cinemablographer, 2014-03] was shot inside the Shanti Bhavan school,[[http://dorkshelf.com/tag/the-backward-class/ The Backward Class | Dork Shelf]] by Affinity Films.[[http://schemamag.ca/2014/04/30/hot-docs-2014-the-backward-class/#.U2lCZ1flNco Hot Docs 2014 | "The Backward Class "]. 'Schema Magazine', 2014-04-30.] Grant lived and worked at the school while making the film.[[https://www.thestar.com/entertainment/movies/2015/02/05/director-lived-like-student-to-make-the-backward-class.html "Director lived like student to make The Backward Class"]. 'Toronto Star', Linda Barnard Feb. 5, 2015] The dialogue is partly in English and partly in Tamil with English subtitles.[[http://canadianfilmreview.com/hot-docs-2014-the-backward-class/ "Hot Docs 2014: The Backward Class"]. 'Canadian Film Review'.]
The film was later screened in Toronto, received positive reviews from 'Now Magazine'[[https://nowtoronto.com/movies/reviews/the-backward-class/ "Review: The Backward Class: Class gets an A"]. 'Now Toronto Magazine', by Susan G. Cole. February 4, 2015] and 'The Globe and Mail'.[[https://www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/school-not-for-65-million-girls/article18458930/ "School? Not for 65 million girls"]. Elizabeth Renzetti, 'The Globe and Mail', May 05, 2014]
One of the stars of the film, Mala Muniswamy, travelled from India to attend the film's premiere.[[https://theprovince.com/entertainment/vancouver-filmmaker-reminds-us-education-is-the-key-to-everything "Vancouver Filmmaker Reminds Us Education is the Key to Everything"]. 'The Province', Dana Gee, December 7, 2014]
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